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rebamac9.RemoveThis@gmail.com wrote:

> Let's assume that there is no possibility of a Mac computer ever
> getting a virus for a minute. Even if this were true, without some
> kind of AV on your computer, you are allowing viruses that come
> attached to email and files on your computer to go undetected, and are
> furthering their spread anytime you forward on such an email or file
> to someone else who may not be a mac user.

Who in God's name forwards emails with an .exe attachment to someone
else? That kind of dumb, no software can fix.

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On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:17:09 -0600, rebamac9.RemoveThis@gmail.com wrote
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> Let's assume that there is no possibility of a Mac computer ever
> getting a virus for a minute.

Dangerous, but ok.

> without some kind of AV on your computer, you are allowing viruses that
> come attached to email and files on your computer to go undetected,

they are not a virus for my system in this case at all. They are
merely bits, that do nothing.

> and are furthering their spread anytime you forward on such an email or
> file to someone else who may not be a mac user.

If I do forward the email, and it contains a virus, that is the fault
of the originator, and/or the receiver if they don't have suitable
protection for their swiss cheese sieve of an operating system.

> At the very least you should have some type of scanner to detect such
> viruses on your computer.

Why should I pay money to protect morons from their own decisions? If
an exploding Ford Pinto were to drive by my house is it my
responsibility to flag them down and remove the defect in their car?

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On 19-Feb-2008, Jolly Roger <jollyroger DeleteThis @pobox.com> wrote:

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> Bottom line: It's not the responsibility of Mac users to protect Windows
> users from Windows viruses. It it the Windows users, after all, who made
> the decision to use an virus-prone operating system.

From my perspective, there is no valid reason for me to have any Anti-Virus
software on my Mac--especially anything as full of bugs as Norton.

The best thing I can do to protect Windows users against viruses is to
encourage them to switch to a Mac as that is the only certain way they can
avoid having to deal with viruses.

I find it hard to understand why I should have a buggy program that I don't
need on my Mac when for less than $50 Windows users can get Trend Micro
Internet Security, for example, which is an excellent AV+ application (I
have it on my Dell which I only use on rare ocasions).

People who proclaim that PCs are cheaper than Macs sometimes fail to take
into account the cost of protecting against and dealing with viruses on a
PC.
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On 2008-02-19 11:17:09 -0800, rebamac9.RemoveThis@gmail.com said:

> Let's assume that there is no possibility of a Mac computer ever
> getting a virus for a minute. Even if this were true, without some
> kind of AV on your computer, you are allowing viruses that come
> attached to email and files on your computer to go undetected, and are
> furthering their spread anytime you forward on such an email or file
> to someone else who may not be a mac user. At the very least you
> should have some type of scanner to detect such viruses on your
> computer.

So we're now talking about a Mac users forwarding a Windows virus on to others?

Have you ever actually seen one of the infected emails? I assure you,
it isn't going to be forwarded. I have no intention of (just for
instance) sending a friend a "video of how Snow White thanked the seven
dwarfs!" or whatever.

And if you are going to, you have far bigger problems than the virus.
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On 2008-02-19 18:06:21 -0800, Michael <adunc79617 RemoveThis @mypacks.net> said:

> Thanks for the opinion but it's not a very helpful comment.

There are no viruses for it to detect. It can't even do that right.
Where's the "opinion"? What kind of "helpful" comment do you need,
other than NAV doesn't work and will cause problems?
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On 2008-02-21 22:59:13 -0800, Michael <adunc79617 DeleteThis @mypacks.net> said:

> Actually no. It was a very detailed explanation (which the original was
> not) and had I known that I'd never have bought the thing in the first
> place.

A few searches would have told you that.
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Hi everyone, my name is Hany and I am the developer of WaterRoof. I
want to point out one important thing: WaterRoof has nothing to do
with Brickhouse. WaterRoof is a new independent project.
Brickhouse changed its name in Flying Buttress and it is still
available and mantained.
Last but not least: WaterRoof is NOT a firewall. It is only a frontend
for the built-in ipfw firewall with little functionality added (like
graphic logs or connections management).
Good luck

Hany
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<51ad174c-0227-41f1-9421-98a0e862ac14.RemoveThis@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
Hany <hanymac.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:

> WaterRoof has nothing to do
> with Brickhouse. WaterRoof is a new independent project.
> Brickhouse changed its name in Flying Buttress and it is still
> available and mantained.

Thanks for the correction. With all these names flying around, it's hard
for my apparently aging grey matter to keep track. : )

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On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:55:33 -0600, Jolly Roger wrote
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> You paid for antivirus software so you can play nanny to all your
> Windows-using friends then.

You don't look very professional if you send someone a document which will
infect his/her system.

I sent on the appdev (I think) macro virus this way once.
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In article <0001HW.C3F2AB6B0024A95FF040E6D8 RemoveThis @news.giganews.com>, Verne
Arase <VerneA RemoveThis @pobox.com> wrote:

> > You paid for antivirus software so you can play nanny to all your
> > Windows-using friends then.
>
> You don't look very professional if you send someone a document which will
> infect his/her system.

which is why you don't blindly send attachments without knowing what's
in them. no need for anti-virus software to babysit you.
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